Curling Up with a Good Book

Whew! I made it. The free-association week of Bug comics is officially over.

Having each strip relate in some way to the one that preceded it was sometimes easy to write (as I had a predetermined selection of topics to pick from) and sometimes it was downright frustrating to write (as I was forced to pick from one of those things). I had hoped to find some way to shoehorn in something to do with priests for this last strip so I could close the loop, making the entire week of strips relate to each other, but oh well. I can always try it again.

Or: In the second panel of yesterdays comic, Lady bug is sitting on a chair, reading a book, and bug is standing next to the lamp next to it, BUT, in this comic, bug is sitting in the chair, and lady bug is standing next to the spine holder! Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

It was always the same for me with essays. Give me a topic, and I'll leave it till the last minute and begrudgingly churn out a paragraph or two of mediocre material and then fluff it up as much as possible with big words, quotations, and font size and margin adjustments. Let me pick the topic, and I'll write a mini-novel and want to write another.

I liked this weeks comics. Maybe next time you could try coming up with the connections first and then writing the comics around them. It probably would only require coming up with seven connected gags and writing some more for the ones in between.

That's what I like about this comic. Most four panel webcomics only have one slightly amusing punchline. This one has four, ranging from good to brilliant.